Martha Lewallen - Apr 4, 2009
Nelson W. Lewallen
(December 12, 1932 - April 3, 2009)
Mr. Nelson W. Lewallen, age 76 of Baldwin passed away on Friday, April 03, 2009 at the Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville following a brief illness.
Born in Banks County, Georgia on December 12, 1932, he was a son of the late Jim and Madge Coffee Lewallen. Mr. Lewallen was a United States Army Veteran, having served honorably in the Korean Conflict, was retired from Richie Gas Company, and was formerly employed with the Baldwin Police Dept. and the Banks County Sheriff’s Dept. He was a member of the Baldwin Baptist Church and was also preceded in death by his sister, Janette Watkins, and a brother Owen Lewallen.
Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Frances Addis Lewallen, Baldwin; daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and Terry Griffin, Baldwin; daughter, Dena Hall, Winder; sister and brother-in-law, Ruzelle and Milton Patterson, Homer; brothers and sister-in-laws, Swayne and Lynn Lewallen, Homer; Clay and Peggy Lewallen, Ray and Glenda Lewallen, all of Baldwin; grandchildren; Tammy and Jeff Owens, Clarkesville; Amber Hall, Fayetteville; great-grandchildren, Ryan and Aaron Williams, both of Clarkesville.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 05, 2009 from the Bethel Temple Congregational Holiness Church with Bishop Ronald Wilson and Mr. Geoffery Dillard officiating. Interment will follow in the Fairfield Baptist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the South Chapel in Baldwin from 3-5 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. on Saturday.
Flowers are accepted or the family requests that all memorial donations be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 409410 Atlanta, Georgia 30384-9410
Billie Harris - Apr 4, 2009
Martha, are you related to him? How does he fit into the Banks County genealogy?
Martha Lewallen - Apr 5, 2009
Billie, not my line but my son-in-laws.
Nelson's father was James Wafford, son of John Wofford, son of John Jackson, son of John Franklin who was the son of Joseph Lewallen b1763 father of most of the Banks County Lewallens.
Billie Harris - Apr 5, 2009
Joseph is the one who's connected to the other Lewelling, Lewallens (Anderson, Wiley, etc) isn't he? According to DNA, that is. Have we been able to connect that line with the others yet?
Kay McKinnon - Apr 7, 2009
Altho we can't find anything on my Wofford- Llewellen line in S C, it is interesting to see the two names connected in Ga. 200 years later.